A little more work on my 1/48 Hobby Boss Ka-27. Masked off the windshield with Tamiya reguar and vinyl tape, and Bare Metal foil for the smaller windows. Some of the delicate plastic control rods on the rotor assmblies were replaced with Albion tubing. I still need to add the plumbing to them. This really has been a relatively quick build and everything fits perfectly.

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Thanks, Louis. I'll post some additional photos tomorrow. Making great progress on this thing. HB has done a good job engineering this thing. The rotors actually counter rotate! Working on the tail section tonight and will hopefully finish detailing the rotor hubs.

Great work so far mate! The rotors look fantastic with that extra detail.
Nice interior detail also, I see the Russians have went for that loud blue cockpit colour again!

I started painting my 1/48 Hobby Boss Ka-27 last night. I used a custom mix of several Mr Paint paints in order to get the blue shade used by the Ukrainian navy. I love Mr Paint products for their coverage, ease of use, smoothness and sheen. I used them with Alclad gray microfiller primer, but can't say I'm pleased with the results. The fault lies with me. I think I may have shot the primer at too high a pressure that caused the paint to dry before it hit the model creating a rough texture that I'll have to polish a bit and re-spray.

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Hi Johannes,

Good to hear from you. This was definitely the Alclad primer coat. I had this happen on a Hasegawa f-18 and it completely ruined the finish. I should have stripped it, but I was so angry that I threw it away instead. I built a 1/32 Academy f-16 that had a very rough surface that I has to sand down with 1200 grit. Yes, you're right. Once you put on the Mr Paint and try to sand it, it does exactly what you said. I think that might be kind of a cool thing in some cases or extreme weathering.